Family Nyssaceae

Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae

Synonym: Davidiaceae

Parent taxon: Cornales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Chandler 1961, Chandler 1962, Chandler 1963, MacGinitie 1941 and Wolfe and Wehr 1987

Sister taxa: Alangiaceae, Cornaceae, Curtisiaceae, Grubbiaceae, Hydrangeaceae, Hydrostachyaceae, Loasaceae

Subtaxa: Camptotheca Davidoidea Lucknowia Nyssa Nyssites Nyssoidea Nyssoxylon Palaeonyssa Paleodavidia Protonyssa Pseudonyssa Tsukada

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: North Carolina, Virginia collections)

• Pliocene of Germany (5), Japan (1), Portugal (9), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Azerbaijan (2), Germany (54), India (1), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (4), United States (14: California, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Vermont, Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1), United States (1: Maryland)

• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), Germany (15), Japan (1), Puerto Rico (5), the Russian Federation (8), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Montana, Virginia)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Germany (1), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (10: California, Colorado, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, Washington)

• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Belgium (1)

• Tertiary of Japan (1)

• Paleocene of United States (17: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 176 collections including 205 occurrences

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